CAT 9D WIP

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Hi everyone. Quick introduction of myself : I work as an environment artist at THQ Montreal, I've been watching the "Dozer Part 1" tutorial from Laurens Corijn and I wanted to give it a try and practice my subD skills. But I will be making the complete version with the cage and everything, so it defers from the one of the tutorial.

fr0gg1e · Jul 2011

It sucks!

Now get your ass on the PC instead of over my shoulder and finish this thing biatch!

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Quick update, first piece done.

Visceral · Jul 2011

cant see the images

Rick_D · Jul 2011

bigger pictures that don't have 90% wasted space please

Xoliul · Jul 2011

Your proportions aren't perfect yet. Ripper looks too big, roofline too low.

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Visceral : I'm changing to photobucket to post the images.

Xoliul · Jul 2011

Ah ok, well I went off a bit from those to match the armored version. I think the ripper is just because you put your block around the outer most dimensions, the actual chunk of it is a bit smaller. Also the armored version has quite a different shape than the civilian ripper.
The roof is a bit higher due to the added armor. The cabin shape is actually the trickiest to blockout because reference can differ there pending versions (M, R, T)

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Thanks for the quick reply, I think it's going to be a mix between the civilian and military version. I started the other pieces so I'll post asap.

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Quick update, next piece done

Visceral · Jul 2011

Im kinda in love how you matched the images to the forum board color :P very nice modelleing aswell.

marner · Jul 2011

looks pretty good so far. keep working....

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

haha thanks, I am going to post some updated in a few minutes

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

update, suspension is done, now I'll start the wheels.

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

new update, wheels done

JobyeK · Jul 2011

Hugo! Keep it up.

Jungsik · Jul 2011

some sexy modelling..

ayoub44 · Jul 2011

wow , look great .. are you planning to make a lowpoly one and texture it ?
keep it up

Rhoutermans · Jul 2011

nice tech

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

deceiver wrote: »

Hugo! Keep it up.

merci

Jungsik wrote: »

some sexy modelling..

thanks!

ayoub44 wrote: »

wow , look great .. are you planning to make a lowpoly one and texture it ?
keep it up

yes I will be making the LP and texture it...

Rhoutermans wrote: »

nice tech

thanks

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

new update, engine cover done, missing a few details I saw at the end of the video...

HAL · Jul 2011

Really really nice

Lonewolf · Jul 2011

its going really good

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

HAL wrote: »

Really really nice

thank you

Lonewolf wrote: »

its going really good

thanks!!!!

Another update, made the lights and added a few details, added some more bolts as well in a few places

Alberto Rdrgz · Jul 2011

looking really Ace, dood~!

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Alberto Rdrgz wrote: »

looking really Ace, dood~!

Thanks

I'm really liking this tutorial, learning a few new technics that I will use later for sure!

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Update, cover tracks done, I'll start the tracks now

Ryan Smith · Jul 2011

This is looking nice

keep up the progress! You have some great shapes and balance of detail.

Oiban · Jul 2011

That's great! Looking forward to see the finished model!:)

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

last update for today, the tracks, I had some problems with the pieces flipping using the script TrainMaker, finally figured out what was the problem, I'll add the rest of details tomorrow and fix some problems.

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

Virtuosic wrote: »

This is looking nice keep up the progress! You have some great shapes and balance of detail.

thanks a lot!

Oiban wrote: »

That's great! Looking forward to see the finished model!:)

Hope to finish it soon...

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

update, cabine done, need a few details, the cage and supports for the cage

Lonewolf · Jul 2011

looks pretty cool so far
post bigger pics :P

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

tnx

I was in a rush, I'll make em bigger next time...tomorrow I hope to finish the blade and mechanism

kid908 · Jul 2011

Oooooo looking really nice

hugo2k1 · Jul 2011

small update before the weekend, finishing the blade

hugo2k1 · Aug 2011

update : finished the blade, blade mounts and mechanism, added details to the cabin, bolts and numbers, I'll start with the ripper now...

hugo2k1 · Aug 2011

update on what I have done so far with the ripper...

Grimm_Wrecking · Aug 2011

Looking good man.

HughieDM · Aug 2011

very nice so far cant wait to see the low bake and texture
keep it up

BARDLER · Aug 2011

fr0gg1e wrote: »

It sucks!
Now get your ass on the PC instead of over my shoulder and finish this thing biatch!

Loving friends FTW

hugo2k1 · Aug 2011

Update on the ripper, missing a small piece and the pipes...

konstruct · Aug 2011

!!CHUNK-TASTIC!!

hugo2k1 · Aug 2011

Grimm_Wrecking wrote: »

Looking good man.

thanks

HughieDM wrote: »

very nice so far cant wait to see the low bake and texture
keep it up

thanks !!! I want so bad to start the texture...

BARDLER wrote: »

Loving friends FTW

I know, haha, loving frienddd!

Xoliul · Aug 2011

Hey man, you're doing good, but making a few mistakes. Mostly proportion issues, try to spot these.
The two that stood out right away:
-the big piston for the blade mounts, on the right, has different proportions than yours. It's fatter.
-The top pistons of the rippers are oriented wrong! It could never function that way. Both pistons have to be straight or the construction would rip itself apart. That means you have to extend the mounting points on the actual ripper bracket at the back, so they sit as far outwards as the mounting points on the body. Hope you understand?

Monolith · Aug 2011

I believe what Xoliul was trying to say was probably something like this:

Standing on the Vehiecle and watching down onto the Mechanic of the Ripper the Pistons should be parallel to each other and not coming together at the top of it.

I wish there would be a possibility to draw on existing Forum Images without having to download the image, alter it and then reupload it.

Xoliul · Aug 2011

Here's what i mean, from the lowpoly, but shows the point:

You can also see there's only one of those piston assemblies on the side of the ripper housing, while you have two.

dang87 · Aug 2011

Looking pretty good, man. Keep it up!

sanketpro3d · Aug 2011

this is luking pretty gud ... keep it coming ...

hugo2k1 · Aug 2011

thanks a lot guys, thanks Xoliul and Monolith for pointing out that problem. I fixed it and finishing some details, I'll make some renders this afternoon, thanks a lot again!!

Actually, when I was modeling that piece, it seemed strange to me the mecanism with the pistons not aligned correctly...

hugo2k1 · Aug 2011

*update*
I fixed the pistons and added a few details and the pipes as well.
thanks again for the help...I really appreciate it

CAT 9D WIP

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